Can we grip it with mGrip?
Watch the webinar recording to find out whether we can automate your food application with the finger gripper.
Vacuum Technology with Wow Effect - for Automation and Handling
With Schmalz products, you boost your automated processes and relieve your employees of heavy physical work: smart, efficient and sustainable all around.
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Your industry, our task
We know your industry, too. Whether automotive, food, logistics or electronics. Schmalz offers you the right solution for various applications. You can find detailed information about the solutions on the respective industry pages or contact us directly for a personal consultation.
Logistics
Flexible handling solutions for airports, intra logistics and distribution logistics
Packaging
Handling products with different properties
Metal and Sheet Metal
Fast cycle times and high operational reliability
Automotive
Fast cycle times and high depth of automation
Electronics
Contamination free and flexible handling
Wood
For various surfaces and rough conditions
Food
Flexible and FDA-compliant handling
Vacuum components for automation in the Online Shop
Find the right products for your application. Schmalz offers a wide range of products for automation with vacuum. Order them quickly and easily in our Online Shop.
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Products for lifting, moving and clamping with vacuum
Vacuum Technology for Automation
- Wide range of individual components for designing your own vacuum systems. Customized ready-to-connect gripping systems.
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Vacuum Technology for Robotics
- Individual and flexible vacuum gripping systems for use on lightweight robots and cobots
- Ready-to-connect sets for robot handling and bin picking
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Vacuum Clamping Technology
- Vacuum clamping technology for reliable and distortion-free processing of workpieces in CNC machining centers
- Flexible clamping solutions for wood, metal and glass processing
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Manual Handling
- Ergonomic handling technology for manual workflows
- The solutions consist of a vacuum lifter and a matching crane system
- Individual design of the complete system according to ergonomic principles
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Our current trade shows
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Fabtech US
Hall / Booth: B / B15041
Chicago IL, US
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Sep 2025
11
Sep 2025
Robot Yatırımları Zirvesi ve Sergisi
Hall / Booth: 2 / H6
Istanbul, TR
09
Sep 2025
12
Sep 2025
Logis-Tech Tokyo Innovation Expo
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Tokyo, JP
13
Sep 2025
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Sep 2025
IBIE (International Bakery Industry Expo)
Hall / Booth: - / 5873
Las Vegas NV, US
News from Schmalz
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AI power for sheet metal production
The challenge: staff shortages. The goal: Increasing productivity. The solution: Solution Kit ivOS Sheet Metal. This loading and unloading system from Schmalz uses artificial intelligence, 3D vision sensors and a flexible area gripper to recognize and move different workpieces. Machine manufacturer LISSMAC has thus significantly increased its performance.
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Summer party at Schmalz: Celebrating together, starting the second half of the year stronger
At the end of the multi-day sales conference, the traditional summer party was held at Schmalz in Glatten on July 11. In bright sunshine, about 500 employees from all areas of the company came together for relaxed conversations in a good atmosphere on the company site.
Powerful performance: leeches as a model for vacuum technology
Improving efficiency is a central research topic - for example in vacuum technology. Schmalz continuously optimizes its systems and looks beyond the horizon when developing them. A current project is focusing on the suction organs of leeches.
Grip where it gets tricky: delicious rolls with a system
The handling of food products is considered demanding: soft, slippery and sensitive products in varying sizes are a challenge for automated processes. Take sandwiches, for example. At automatica in Munich, robot specialist FANUC and vacuum expert Schmalz, together with partners Bizerba, Kilivations and ViscoTec, will be showcasing a practical solution in which a robot with flexible finger grippers, rather than a human, takes over.
The Schmalz Group - on site for you worldwide!
We combine the internationality of a globally active group of companies with the charm of a medium-sized family business. Schmalz products are used in logistics applications as well as in the automotive industry, the electronics sector or furniture production. The combination of comprehensive consulting, high innovation orientation and first-class quality ensures customers sustainable added value. Intelligent solutions from Schmalz make production and logistics processes more flexible and efficient - and at the same time fit for the advancing digitalization. Schmalz is represented in all important markets with its own locations and trading partners in around 70 countries. The family-owned company employs around 1,800 people at its German headquarters (Glatten, Black Forest) and in 30 other companies worldwide.
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